FAQs

Who is this course for?

Data Studio is primarily used by digital marketers (since it connects tightly to Google Analytics), but can be used by anyone building dashboards or reports for their team.

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What should I know before starting?

You should have working knowledge of Google Sheets - if you don't use Sheets at work, or don't have any experience with it, I'd recommend starting with some of the free tutorials at CodingIsForLosers.com.

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How do you pull data from sources like Twitter and Mailchimp for the course?

There are many methods to pull data from APIs into Google Sheets - in this course, we use both Supermetrics (a Google Sheets Add-on) and custom Google Apps Script code.

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What assets are included in the course?

Three Data Studio dashboard templates, including the Google Sheets files used as raw data.